Wisley 17th November 2012

| November 17, 2012

Wisley was another new area for ARDF. Bisected by both the M25 and the A3, it poses particular problems since it is essential to identify and find all the transmitters in any one quadrant before moving across to the next. Michael M6MDD provided full 144MHz  courses in the morning and a mini sprint race on 3.5MHz after lunch.

Long course 7 TXs 144MHz. 8 starters.

PlaceNameCallTimeClassTXs found
1Andrew SoltysikG4KWQ1.16.40M402,1,7,3,6,5,4
2Steve StoneRS1932171.44.16M602,1,7,3,6,4,5
3Gavin AndrewsM0ETA1.49.18M402,1,7,3,6,5,4
4David HealeG6HGE1.54.17M402,1,7,3,6,5,4
5David WilliamsM3WDD1.57.44M502,1,7,6,5,3,4
6John MarriottRS2058382.28.24M607,1,2,3,6,5
7Stuart TylerG1ZAR1.36.36M402,1,7,6,3
8Robin BishopInd2.07.21M401,7,5

Medium course 5 TXs 144MHz 5 starters.

PlaceNameCallTimeClassTXs found
1Vlad Boev2E0VLB1.21.50M502,1,7,5,4
2David DeaneG3ZOI1.30.56M602,1,7,5,4
3Bob TitteringtonG3ORY1.48.32M701,7,2,5,4
4Jillian UllerspergerM0JIN1.49.30W502,1,7,5,4
5John LittleM1SHE2.15.46M602,1,7,5,4

Notes:

  1. Despite being intersected by both the M25 and the A3, Wisley transpired to be an excellent area posing very real challenges to the competitors.
  2. Split times for 144MHz are available in the ‘Wisley 2m Classic’ option on the open-circuit site.
  3. Having a good day were Steve Stone posting that #2 place and Gavin M0ETA coming back from a long break to grab third place. On the short course David G3ZOI stormed round to get close to Vlad the winner. Hard luck story of the day was Stuart who, having ‘aced’ the sequence on spotting the possibility of crossing to the northern area via the roundabout at Junction 10 of the M25, then saw his battery fail and he was forced to retire soon after that.
  4. The thanks of all the competitors go to Michael Dunbar for giving all the competitors a day of real challenges.

Sprint race 3.5MHz. 11 starters.

PlaceNameCallTimeClassTXs found
1David WilliamsM3WDD14.38M505,1,2,4,3
2Andrew SoltysikG4KWQ16.42M405,1,2,4,3
3Vlad Boev2E0VLB23.30M505,2,1,4,3
4Steve StoneRS19321727.10M605,2,4,3,1
5Stuart TylerG1ZAR35.23M405,2,1,4,3
6David HealeG6HGE29.30M405,1,2,3,4
7Gavin AndrewsM0ETA31.25M405,1,2,4,3
8Robin BishopInd35.23M405,1,4,3,2
9John MarriottRS20583835.23M603,4,1,5,2
10David DeaneG3ZOI46.20M603,4,1,5,2
11Jillian UllerspergerM0JIN48.45W505,1,4,3,2

Notes:

  1. This was a five transmitter 3.5 MHz sprint event without a specttator beacon at the half way point
  2. Split times for the sprint are available in the ‘Wisley 80m Sprint’ option on the open-circuit site.
  3. David Williams was back to form after the disappointment of the morning to snatch victory from Andrew.

Category: ARDF Results